Education
2002-2006 BFA, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, Summa Cum Laude
Upcoming Exhibitions
June-July "Still Unraveling" Chase Young Gallery, Boston MA
October 2024, Museo Gallery, Langley WA
Previous Exhibitions
2023, Winter Group Show, Chase Young Gallery, Boston MA
2023 Grand Opening Artist Show, Sun Valley Contemporary Gallery, Sun Valley ID
2023, Chase Young Gallery, Boston MA
2023, "Lines & Other Forms", DoDomu Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2022, "Abstraction" Juried Group Show, The Arts Center-Highland Park, Chicago IL
2021, Floating Beneath, Chase Young Gallery, Boston MA
2021, "Forest Breathing" Group Show, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley ID
2021, Arts at the Port, Juried Exhibition, Anacortes WA
2019, Group Show, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley ID
2019, Arts at the Port, Juried Exhibition, Anacortes WA
2018, Solo Exhibition, Chase Young Gallery, Boston MA
2017, "Excursion to Color", Group Show, SAM Gallery, Seattle WA
2017, Solo Exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley ID
2017, "Aqueous Perceptions" Group Show, Chase Young Gallery, Boston MA
2017, "Resonance" Arts at the Port, Juried Exhibition, Anacortes WA
2017, "Active Tranquility" Group Show, Chase Young Gallery, Boston MA
2016, ARTbeat Live Auction, Kirkland Arts Center, Bellevue WA
2016, SAM Gallery Artists at the Seattle Art Fair, Group Show, SAM Gallery, Seattle WA
2016, Group Exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley ID
2016, Artist Trust Benefit Art Auction, Seattle WA
2015, Group Exhibition, Abmeyer+Wood Gallery, Seattle WA
2015, "Where the Darkness Meets the Light," Solo show, Abmeyer+Wood, Seattle WA
2015, Artist Trust Benefit Live Art Auction, Seattle WA
2014, "Reflections" Solo Exhibiton, Friesen Gallery, Sun Valley ID
2014, Artist Trust Benefit Live Art Auction, Seattle WA
2014, Group Exhibition, Abmeyer+Wood Gallery, Seattle WA
2013, Affordable Art Fair, Seattle WA
2013, Small Works Big Talent, Laguna CA
2013, Black Tie & Sequins Live Auction, Springtime in Paris, Men's & Women's Chorus, Fremont WA
2013, Artist Trust Benefit Live Art Auction, Seattle WA
2012, Black Tie & Sequins Live Auction, Men's and Women's chorus, Fremont WA
2012, Friesen Abmeyer Grand Opening Exhibition, Seattle WA
2011, "Silk", Friesen Gallery, Seattle WA
2011, "Temptation" Artist Trust's Benefit Art Auction, Seattle WA
2010, Nature Abstracted, TASTE Restaurant in the Seattle Art Museum
2010, Ballard Art Walk, Annie's Art and Frame, Ballard WA
2010, Black Tie & Sequins Auction, Men's and Women's Chorus, Fremont WA
2010, A Night out for Haiti (Doctors Without Borders) Auction, Georgetown WA
2010, Capitol Hill Art Walk, Packard Building, WA
2009, 5x5" Group Show, La Familia Gallery, Seattle WA
2009, Grow Art, Poncho Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle WA
2009, Just Art Auction, Men's and Women's Chorus, Fremont WA
2009, Featured artist, SAM Gallery, Seattle WA
2009, "Flicker of a Dream", La Familia Gallery, Seattle WA
2009, Connecting the Dots, 5th Ave Theatre Gala Auction, Seattle WA
2009, Alexis Hotel, Curated by Barbara Shaiman, Seattle WA
2008, SAM gallery, Summer Introductions 2008, group show, Seattle WA
2008, Encaustic show, Georgetown Art Center, Seattle WA
2008, Pinned to Poncho, Lucky Strike Lanes, Bellevue WA
2008, 070 Gallery, solo show, Vashon WA
2008, Poncho Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle WA
2008, SAMS event For the Love of Art, group show, Delille Winery WA
2007, ArtsWest Gallery Symbols of Life group show, West Seattle WA
2007, CoCA 15th Annual Painting Marathon and Auction, Seattle WA
2007, Photovision Auction Preview Exhibition, PCNW, Seattle WA
2007, Open Door Studios, group show, Seattle WA
2007, Blue Nile Art on Loan Exhibition, Seattle WA
2007, Blue Heron Gallery, group show, Vashon WA
2007, Poncho Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle WA
2006, Forgotten Works, group show, Seattle WA
2006, Fred Hutchinson Loan Exhibition, Seattle WA
2006, BFA Exhibition, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA
2004, Cornish College of the Arts Gallery Show
2002, Merit Award Show, Cornish College of the Arts
2000, Bellevue Art Museum, student show, Bellevue WA
Awards & Publications:
2024, "With the Grain", Luxe Interiors+Design Magazine Pacific Northwest
2016, Selected for Studio Visit Magazine, Juried by Mary M. Tinti, Curator at the Fitchburg Art Museum
2015, "The Makers: Leslie Stoner's Brilliant Encaustic Paintings," Seattle Magazine
2015, "Two Exquisite Takes on Human Experience," The Seattle Times
2014, "Stoner Mixes and Matches Past "Reflections," The Weekly Sun, Sun Valley Idaho
2010, Selected for Studio Visit Magazine, juried by Beth Venn, Senior Curator at American Art at the Newark Museum
2010, "The Artful Lodger," Washington Athletic Club Magazine
2008, Poncho Invitational Fine Art Auction, Artist Merit Award
2007, 3rd Place in Abstraction at Gage's 15th Annual Student Show, Seattle WA
2007, Poncho Invitational Fine Art Auction, Artist Merit Award
2006, Fred Hutchinson Research Center-Cornish BFA Art on loan Program, Seattle, WA
2006-2002, President's List, Cornish College of the Arts
2002, Merit Scholarship, Cornish College of the Arts
2002, Nellie Scholarship, Cornish College of the Arts
Professional Art Experience
2005-07 Studio Manager, Betsy Eby Studio (www.betsyeby.com)
2005-07 Studio Manager, Bo Bartlett Studio (www.bobartlett.com)
Public Collections
Swedish Hospital, Redmond WA
Swedish Hospital, Ballard WA
Swedish Hospital, Issaquah WA
The Inn at the WAC (Washington Athletic Club), Seattle WA
Mirabella, Seattle WA
Bellevue Towers, Bellevue WA
Bellettini, Bellevue WA
Olive 8 Hotel, Seattle WA
Mary Alice Cooley Print Collection, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA
Charitable Donations/Auctions
2023, MoNA (Museum of Northwest Art) Auction, La Conner WA
2013-16, Artist Trust's Benefit Art Auction, Seattle WA
2012&2014, Pop Up Art Night for Pacific Crest School, Seattle WA
2011, Temptation, Artist Trust's Benefit Art Auction, Seattle WA
2010, A Night out for Haiti (Doctors without Borders) Auction, Georgetown WA
2008, Art for Autism, Bellevue WA
2008-13, Just Art/Black Tie & Sequins Auctions, Seattle Men's & Women's Chorus, Seattle WA
2008, Pinned to Poncho, Lucky Strike Lanes' arts benefit event, Bellevue WA
2007, CoCA 15th Annual Painting Marathon and Auction, Seattle WA
2007, Photographic Center NorthWest, Photovision Invitational Auction, Seattle WA
2007-09, Poncho Invitational Fine Art Auction, Seattle WA
2004-09 Emily Goudie Guild Auction to Benefit Children's Hospital, Seattle WA